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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

Day Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Fukui Times of clouds and sun

Times of clouds and sun 12℃/1℃

 Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny 16℃/6℃

 Clouds and sun with a couple of showers

Clouds and sun with a couple of showers 16℃/6℃

 After a cloudy start, sunshine returns

After a cloudy start, sunshine returns 16℃/2℃

 Increasing amounts of sun

Increasing amounts of sun 18℃/4℃
Tsuruga Times of clouds and sun

Times of clouds and sun 11℃/2℃

 Sunny to partly cloudy

Sunny to partly cloudy 16℃/3℃

 Sunshine and some clouds

Sunshine and some clouds 17℃/5℃

 Sun and some clouds

Sun and some clouds 15℃/2℃

 Partial sunshine

Partial sunshine 17℃/4℃

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Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
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China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
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The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
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